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mr. romney hanging your attack on a person's slight greatical misstep is what people do in an argument when they're completely ( bleep ) and they know they have no argument. i know you, mitt romney, would like this election to be a stark choice for the american people between obama's vision of a marxist state-run oligarchy and your simple ode to the freedom our founders envisioned, because given that choice you would... come really close. ( laughter ). but you're not running against this guy, strawman johnson. ( laughter ) there are absolutely differences in economic policy between and you the president that you could use to have a discussion about our economy that might even be productive for our future well-being. but that discussion is a matter of degrees not a matter of fundamental diametrically opposed world views. here's how i know-- mr. president and mr. romney, argue it out. >> if you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. >> i know that you recognize a lot o
mr. romney hanging your attack on a person's slight greatical misstep is what people do in an argument when they're completely ( bleep ) and they know they have no argument. i know you, mitt romney, would like this election to be a stark choice for the american people between obama's vision of a marxist state-run oligarchy and your simple ode to the freedom our founders envisioned, because given that choice you would... come really close. ( laughter ). but you're not running against this guy,...
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(laughter) >> jon: perhaps mr. romney does not want to fight his own kind. (laughter) but i believe a fictional scenario deserves a fictional president, quite frankly. and i believe that that frictional president is neither obama nor romney but herman cain. >> are you president of the united states of america. earth is being attacked by aliens. look into that camera. and action. >> citizens of earth, it was the spirit of humanity that built this planet. it is that same spirit of humanity that would allow us to destroy the aliens. (applause) >> jon: that was awesome. (laughter) and mr. cain gave that speech off the top of his head. true. so when herman cain ended his presidential run an alien invasion was not 9 only moment of crisis we lost a chance to see him respond to. many, many others. they are the subject of a new series, a new series of john oliver's interviews, herman cain an american presidency. >> in october of 2011 herman cain lead the polls for the republican presidential nomination. tragically america was denied a home in cain's presidency but re
(laughter) >> jon: perhaps mr. romney does not want to fight his own kind. (laughter) but i believe a fictional scenario deserves a fictional president, quite frankly. and i believe that that frictional president is neither obama nor romney but herman cain. >> are you president of the united states of america. earth is being attacked by aliens. look into that camera. and action. >> citizens of earth, it was the spirit of humanity that built this planet. it is that same spirit...
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mr. romney hides his money not because he doesn't love america, but because he loves us so much. he knows what money does to people. (laughter) he doesn't want to see money corrupt him. of course mitt romney could only keep some of money offshore which is why we found in these forms mitt romney has been a pioneer in a new system of tax avoidance n 2006 he put $12 million into hover money. it's one of those game show style cash blowing machines insurancing that his money never touches american soil long enough to be taxable. (laughter) a vast improvement over his first idea-- (applause) a vast improvement over the first idea reincomed in his 2005 returns, hiring millions of money jugglers. this is all in addition to romney's on-shore off-shore accounts. according to his 2002 he return he didn't just send money to switzerland, he purchased a town in america for an internal bank, populated it with swiss people and stuffed money up their asseses, because the insides of swiss people also technically swiss soil and immune to american tax law. by the way f that's not uncomfortable enoug
mr. romney hides his money not because he doesn't love america, but because he loves us so much. he knows what money does to people. (laughter) he doesn't want to see money corrupt him. of course mitt romney could only keep some of money offshore which is why we found in these forms mitt romney has been a pioneer in a new system of tax avoidance n 2006 he put $12 million into hover money. it's one of those game show style cash blowing machines insurancing that his money never touches american...
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romney next month. and as mr. romney returns from this trip, it is announced that former vice president dick cheney will not be going to the convention either, mr. cheney telling abc news he plans go fishing instead. so the olympics, not just the trip, but the metaphor, is apt here. this is a passing of the torch. the republican party this week is insuring that the existing torch holders are, in fact, going to hand it over. but the guy they're trying to hand it over to at this point in his campaign seems more apt to light himself metaphorically on fire with that torch than to run it anywhere. joining us now is john harwood, cnbc's chief washington correspondent and a political writer for "the new york times." mr. harwood, thank you for your time. nice to see you. >> hi, ms. leader. >> you can call me anything. after five days of vacation at this point, i'm impervious to insult. john, how are republicans in d.c. reacting to this -- to the romney overseas trip? is it accomplishing the goals the campaign had for it?
romney next month. and as mr. romney returns from this trip, it is announced that former vice president dick cheney will not be going to the convention either, mr. cheney telling abc news he plans go fishing instead. so the olympics, not just the trip, but the metaphor, is apt here. this is a passing of the torch. the republican party this week is insuring that the existing torch holders are, in fact, going to hand it over. but the guy they're trying to hand it over to at this point in his...
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rick perry hit mitt romney with that last year. president obama's campaign hits mr. romney with it, too. >> they issued 125 million dollars of bonds. and out of that $125 million debt, they paid themselves almost $40 million. >> like a vampire. came in and sucked the life out of us. >> every time mitt romney has been hit with political criticism for that economic bomb that he and bain capital dropped on those steel workers, in part leaving the taxpayers to clean up the mess, every time he's been hit by that, his response has been the same. the response is, i wasn't there. i didn't do it. yes, mr. romney said he made the initial decisions about that company, but, you can't blame him for how it turned out because he was gone by the time it blew up. he was gone from bain after 1999. he went do go run the olympics. he was gone from bain after 1999 and the bankruptcy didn't happen until 2001. so you can't make him answer if that bankruptcy. you can't make him answer for anything at bain after 1999. that's what he's been saying this year about the criticism. that was the r
rick perry hit mitt romney with that last year. president obama's campaign hits mr. romney with it, too. >> they issued 125 million dollars of bonds. and out of that $125 million debt, they paid themselves almost $40 million. >> like a vampire. came in and sucked the life out of us. >> every time mitt romney has been hit with political criticism for that economic bomb that he and bain capital dropped on those steel workers, in part leaving the taxpayers to clean up the mess,...
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romney invoke mr. bush but was not able to make out the context and was again escorted away by a campaign staffer. the romney campaign went to great length to allow there to be a dick cheney appearance last night while also squel ching evidence they had had anything to do with each other. and in the same news cycle, in that same news cycle, somebody in romney land had the genius idea of floating as mr. romney's vice presidential nominee, the highest profile person from the bush/cheney administration who was not george bush or dick cheney. so they're getting new communications in over at romneyland. seems like a good idea. with or without these, i'm sure excellent new communications folks coming in to try to tune up the shop at rom com, it's going to be hard for them to run from the real connections between mr. romney's campaign and the last republican presidency. i mean, even if mitt romney has so far managed to avoid being seen next to george w. bush, there are now a bunch of statements on the record
romney invoke mr. bush but was not able to make out the context and was again escorted away by a campaign staffer. the romney campaign went to great length to allow there to be a dick cheney appearance last night while also squel ching evidence they had had anything to do with each other. and in the same news cycle, in that same news cycle, somebody in romney land had the genius idea of floating as mr. romney's vice presidential nominee, the highest profile person from the bush/cheney...
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and mr. romney is not getting any closer to answer these questions. in his interview today with the national review, this was his answer to why he hasn't gotten rid of his offshore accounts specifically, quote, all of my investments are managed in a blind trust. the decisions made by the trustee are decisions that determine where the investments are. the reason he keeps his money offshore is it's in a blind trust. it's not his decision. which might pass for an answer if he wasn't this guy. >> the blind trust is an age old ruse, if you will, which is to say you can always tell the blind trust what it can and cannot do. you give a blind trust rules. >> that's what he said about blind trusts when he was running for senate against ted kennedy. how about a no offshore accounts rule? but there's more to his answer to the national review about what he keeps money stashes in offshore accounts. he was not relying exclusively on the excuse he once dismissed as a ruse. the so-called offshore account in the cayman islands is established by a u.s. firm to allow fo
and mr. romney is not getting any closer to answer these questions. in his interview today with the national review, this was his answer to why he hasn't gotten rid of his offshore accounts specifically, quote, all of my investments are managed in a blind trust. the decisions made by the trustee are decisions that determine where the investments are. the reason he keeps his money offshore is it's in a blind trust. it's not his decision. which might pass for an answer if he wasn't this guy....
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romney's mr. olympics, having saved the salt lake city games in 2002. england is our closest ally. what kpobly go wrong. >> in the short time you've been here in london, do they look ready to your experienced eye? >> you know, it's hard to know just how well it will turn out there are a few things that were disconcerting. >> jon: (laughter) what are you doing? this is no time to display your sophisticated knowledge of the inner workings of the preparation. you are a guest at a dinner party that already started 5 mines ago. nod your [bleep] and say it is delicious that is all you have to do. it is soz. william, wloop another one up there for me. >> in the short time you have been here in london do they look ready to your experienced eye? >> yes. >> jon: okay, that's it. done. yes. (cheers and applause) >> jon: no harm, no foul. it's not like-- (laughter) like i'm acting like these pages have anything to do with what i'm saying. they don't. playing hangman. sound like the british are going to be angry. you know the british are not the type of people who take sport very seriously. her
romney's mr. olympics, having saved the salt lake city games in 2002. england is our closest ally. what kpobly go wrong. >> in the short time you've been here in london, do they look ready to your experienced eye? >> you know, it's hard to know just how well it will turn out there are a few things that were disconcerting. >> jon: (laughter) what are you doing? this is no time to display your sophisticated knowledge of the inner workings of the preparation. you are a guest at a...
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mr. romney witnessed the opening of the summer olympic games. romney oversaw the winter games in 2002 in salt lake city, utah as president and ceo of the salt lake organizing committee. so, he was asked on wednesday whether the olympics in london looked quote unquote ready to him. >> there are a few things that were discontinue certificating the stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials that obviously is not something which is encouraging. >> he also met with top british officials including uk prime minister david cameron at 10 downing street, talking middle east peace, among other topics. but the subject of the olympics seemed to prickal the prime minister, who made this statement in a press conference prior to meeting with mr. romney. >> we are holding an olympic games in one of the busiest, most active bustling cities anywhere in the world. and of course it is easier if you hold the olympic games in the middle of nowhere. >> mr. romney at the th cameron londo
mr. romney witnessed the opening of the summer olympic games. romney oversaw the winter games in 2002 in salt lake city, utah as president and ceo of the salt lake organizing committee. so, he was asked on wednesday whether the olympics in london looked quote unquote ready to him. >> there are a few things that were discontinue certificating the stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials that obviously is...
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romney to state it's now clear how big of a disaster it this was and mr. obama's lawyer convinced the supreme court it was a tax. >> and the wall street journal became news with an editorial. romney's tax confusion and talked about the confusion whether it's a penalty or a tax and you mentioned one person in particular, eric bu burnstrum who works for the romney campaign and the guy who first agreed with president obama and forced romney to walk back and say, no, president obama is wrong, it is a tax. the suggestion is a shake-up is needed within the ro many any administration, is that true? >> i would say it's such a huge missed opportunity. you wonder who is behind this, how could see they that ball over the plate and not hit it? this is a huge tax increase, president obama is positioning the health care reform as something that is soft and cuddly and make you feel better and make everybody, put everybody in a better position, and this shows very clearly that it's going to be expensive and he could have built on that with the fact that it's 2700 pages an
romney to state it's now clear how big of a disaster it this was and mr. obama's lawyer convinced the supreme court it was a tax. >> and the wall street journal became news with an editorial. romney's tax confusion and talked about the confusion whether it's a penalty or a tax and you mentioned one person in particular, eric bu burnstrum who works for the romney campaign and the guy who first agreed with president obama and forced romney to walk back and say, no, president obama is wrong,...
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mr. romney railed against that old enemy of the state. liberalism. >> this old style liberalism has got to end and we will end it in november. >> yes, even the presumptive nominee seems to know he's not running as mr. romney. whoever that is. he's running as mr. i'm not the president and in that sense, his attack on the president, well, it felt rather wooden. >> by putting money into energy company, solar and energy companies that make their products outside the united states, if there's an out sourcer in chief, t the president of the united states, not the guy running to replace him. >> one suspects that even he knows that better than to play the outsourcing card or maybe he'll continue with his tour of falsehoods like saying obamacare is bad for jobs or that the president wants to raise taxes on the middle class or that the president goes around the r world apologizing for america. of course, saying it doesn't make it true, but that doesn't stop mr. romney. let's get to our panel. david corn, msnbc political analyst and washington edito
mr. romney railed against that old enemy of the state. liberalism. >> this old style liberalism has got to end and we will end it in november. >> yes, even the presumptive nominee seems to know he's not running as mr. romney. whoever that is. he's running as mr. i'm not the president and in that sense, his attack on the president, well, it felt rather wooden. >> by putting money into energy company, solar and energy companies that make their products outside the united states,...
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and mrs. romney on their jet-ski? interesting that mr. romney always enjoys theshow. he never drives himself. >> mrs. romney driving that jet-ski. >> absolutely. >> just to tag on to what richard was saying about the comment about the beer. here's what president obama is doing. he's talking about his american story in a narrative that's your story is my story. we share the same story. i can sit here and have a beer with you in the middle of ohio and i know what it was like to be able to take a family vacation and get on the greyhound bus and go to howard johnsons, but also, trying to relate his story to the story of millions of americans where as mitt romney is more saying and also, obama is still saying we can do this together because i believe in you. where as mitt romney is saying i can fix everything. feel your pain. i understand what you, you are going through and i -- and i can fix it. i'm going to fix it for you. and to be honest, i love hillary clinton, but that was part of what she was trying to do last time and i think people want to be a part of something i
and mrs. romney on their jet-ski? interesting that mr. romney always enjoys theshow. he never drives himself. >> mrs. romney driving that jet-ski. >> absolutely. >> just to tag on to what richard was saying about the comment about the beer. here's what president obama is doing. he's talking about his american story in a narrative that's your story is my story. we share the same story. i can sit here and have a beer with you in the middle of ohio and i know what it was like to...
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i want to you listen to some more of mr. romney today. take a listen to this. >> if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community, you are looking at him. you take a look. >> clarence, you take a look because i can't. i can't look at that. i can't. >> control yourself now. >> i'm sorry, clarence. i just can't. >> get yourself together. let me play the owed man here and say -- i remember his father, george romney, who was a very, very, very popular governor of michigan. black people loved george romney. wherever he went black folks turned out like he was humphrey or something. very popular with black voters. hay knew how to talk with black voters. his son, mitt romney, knows how to talk at black voters. that was the difference today. when he stands up there and says you want somebody to help black people? you are looking at him. yeah, right here. i'm the guy. >> i toad you not to repeat that. >> his father never had to say that. >> the inning thing about -- end of mitt romney's speech, he's talking abou
i want to you listen to some more of mr. romney today. take a listen to this. >> if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community, you are looking at him. you take a look. >> clarence, you take a look because i can't. i can't look at that. i can't. >> control yourself now. >> i'm sorry, clarence. i just can't. >> get yourself together. let me play the owed man here and say -- i remember his father, george romney, who was a very,...
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mr. romney suggested today things would have been a heck of a lot better had mr. obama followed his recommendations and he hasn't. >> i say in my view that iran's pursuit of weapons capability presents a threat 0 israel, to america and to the world. that threat has only become wor worse. >> reporter: become worse. mr. romney has repeatedly said he won't criticize the president, but as this trip has worn on, he has been increasingly albeit indirectly critical of the president. harris. >> harris: well, we did hear some crowd response, a comment that mr. romney made on the jewish state capital. >> reporter: he did. as he's said before, believes that jerusalem should be the capital of israel and noted that the united states has long held that position and asked today if the u.s. would move its manisy to jerusalem were he president, mr. romney said he would first consult with israeli officials, but has been for the most part american policy, ultimately it would be in jerusalem across israel, most really liked that idea and of course, the dispute over the control of jer
mr. romney suggested today things would have been a heck of a lot better had mr. obama followed his recommendations and he hasn't. >> i say in my view that iran's pursuit of weapons capability presents a threat 0 israel, to america and to the world. that threat has only become wor worse. >> reporter: become worse. mr. romney has repeatedly said he won't criticize the president, but as this trip has worn on, he has been increasingly albeit indirectly critical of the president....